2025 SCC Vol. 1 Part 5
Advocates Act, 1961 — S. 24(1)(f) — Enrolment Fees: Charging of enrolment fees in excess of statutory stipulation under Advocates Act, 1961
mines and minerals
2024: A Year of Bold Dissents in the Face of Landmark Verdicts
2024 was a year of pathbreaking verdicts on several issues such as Electoral Bonds, Citizenship Act, Tax/Royalty on Mines, Minority Institutions etc. Some major issues saw unanimous and near unanimous verdicts by the Supreme Court; however, there were notable Dissenting Opinions in 2024 which shed light on several key legal concepts.
Computation of royalty a Policy matter, but Court can’t ignore prima-facie anomaly in the computation mechanism: SC
Even though the Court declined to declare Explanations to Rule 38 of MCR, 2016 and Rule 45(8)(a) of MCDR, 2017 as unconstitutional, it took strict note of the anomaly in the provisions vis-a-vis computation of royalty to be levied for the extraction or consumption of mined ores and gave the Respondents one last chance to resolve the issue.
2024 SCC Vol. 6 Part 2
Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Arbitral award — Validity of: Law explained on validity
‘Irregularity in cognizance order does not vitiate trial’; SC finds no “failure of justice” in cognizance by Special Judge in Karnataka iron ore illegal mining case
“For vitiating the proceedings, something more than a mere lack of authority has to be established.”
Section 22 of MMDR Act does not bar Magistrate to direct registration of FIR under Section 156(3) CrPC; holds SC
The violators cannot be permitted to go scot free on payment of penalty only.